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NHL 1997-98 Season: World All-Star Teams

The World Hockey Championship, held in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland May 1-17, 1998. Top two teams (*) in each pool after preliminary round-robin advance to the qualifying round. Third place teams play in a consolation round. Top two teams from each pool of the qualifying round advance to the semifinals. The semifinals are a best-of-two series with a 10-minute mini-game if necessary. If teams are still tied, a shootout will decide the advancers. Winners meet in the best-of-two final series.

Final Round Robin Standings

POOL A

W-L-T

Pts

GF

GA

*Czech Republic

3-0-0

6

20

5

*Belarus

2-1-0

4

12

10

Germany

1-2-0

2

8

13

Japan

0-3-0

0

7

19

POOL B

W-L-T

Pts

GF

GA

*Canada

2-0-1

5

12

5

*Slovakia

2-0-1

5

9

4

Italy

1-2-0

2

8

8

Austria

0-3-0

0

3

15

POOL C

W-L-T

Pts

GF

GA

*Sweden

3-0-0

6

16

4

*Switzerland

1-2-0

2

9

10

United States

1-2-0

2

7

11

France

1-2-0

2

5

12

Note: Switzerland advances to the qualifying round due to a better goal differential then the United States and France.

POOL D

W-L-T

Pts

GF

GA

*Russia

3-0-0

6

19

11

*Finland

2-1-0

4

12

4

Latvia

1-2-0

2

12

15

Kazakhstan

0-3-0

0

6

19

Qualifying Round

POOL E

W-L-T

Pts

GF

GA

*Sweden

3-0-0

6

10

2

*Finland

1-1-1

3

8

6

Canada

1-1-1

3

10

12

Belarus

0-3-0

0

5

13

POOL F

W-L-T

Pts

GF

GA

*Czech Republic

2-0-1

5

6

3

*Switzerland

1-1-1

3

6

6

Russia

1-1-1

3

10

7

Slovakia

0-2-1

1

2

8

Consolation Round

W-L-T

Pts

GF

GA

Italy

1-0-1

3

5

1

Latvia

1-0-1

3

6

1

Germany

0-1-1

1

1

6

United States

0-1-1

1

1

5

Note: Only the top two finishers in the consolation round retain their spots in the 1999 World Championship. The United States must now play through a qualifying tournament in November of 1998 in order to be given entry into the 1999 elite group.